The Essential Nutrients

question 77

Multiple Choice

The essential nutrients

• A) must be consumed at every meal.
• B) are required for infants but not adults.
• C) can be made in the body when they are needed.
• D) cannot be made by the body and therefore must be consumed to maintain health.

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Definitions:

Primary Circular Reactions

A concept in child development where an infant learns to reproduce an event that initially occurred by accident (e.g., sucking their thumb).

Centration

A cognitive limitation in early childhood, where a child focuses on one aspect of a situation while ignoring others.

Neural-Visual Network

A system in the brain that processes visual information, integrating it with neural signals for perception and understanding.

Numerical Understanding

The ability to comprehend, interpret, and work with numbers.